The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1939, Page 3

' WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY NEW YEA Chapter 28 Screen Test jhe NOEL was flying in the clouds over the Alleghenies she wa& still wondering why she had let Mike rlowe inveigle her into this ridiculous trip. She was on her way to Hollywood for the auspicious screen test—expenses paid by Criterion. Howe, she realized by now, had ween x high pressure salesman— getting what he wanted, rushing her down to New.York, puting her on the transcontinental plane. before she'd had time to Say she wasn't particularly interested in Hollywood right now. No one met her at the airport. That, too, was in accordance with her uninitiated calculations She took a taxi to the Beverly Wilshire. Because there was nothing else to do, she went to bed. The hour | was one a m. — just ten o'clock New York time. “I'm Noel Marchand. Mr. Howe arranged a screen test for me,” she explained patiently to Mr Feigel’s secretary at Criterion the next morning Mr. Feigel was in charge of productions — Howe had told} her all about him “Please spell the name,” Mr Feigel's secretary answered impa- tiently. Noel spelled it out. ;‘I’m at the Beverly Wilshire.” t Mr. Feigel’s ac Palm Geaings TU get in touch with you Wednes- day Bega | Noel hung up. on. the mundane answer. This was Monday. Two days to waste in Hollywood! By Tuesday she was desperate. After a breakfast of coffee and Zz figs —how she loved them— | she asked the hotel clerk: | “Is Mrs Douglas Swenstrom | repistered here?” “Yes, ma‘am, I'm see tf she s in.” the impersonal voice answered In a moment Anita's high notes | were sailing over the wire “Noel darling — how wonderful! Of course, we'll have luncheon I'm | sorry | forgot — I've an engage- ment. Well, there's, dinner -Now sweet child. don't make any -en- gagement. We'll go places I'll show you Hollywood. Be teddy early I'll call for you™ Anita, like a. flu'ar of ‘bat’s wines, was off the telephone. “Da-a-arling! » You're - raviSh- ing!" Anita exclaimed when she stopped at Noel's suite, just before dinner. Noel was wearing the old White crepe dinner gown~it was sll good. Her rural brown skin | gave the white a soft fleshy tint. “We're going places—wait till "you see!” Anita promised. They went, augmented by sev- eral other guests Anita had.cor- “ralled the Hollywood favorite he- 4 man —all ears and false teeth. Noel ‘thought as she Jistened to him exuding platitudes in the Trova- dero. Afterwards she met several other celebrities at the Clover Clob—Bill Herrick, the big direc- tor. so dreamy that he always for- got his wife was with him He courted Noel ardently, with fur- tive passes. She said suddenly to Anita: ‘I'm tired—do gou mind if | slip out?” It was nooh Wednesday when Mr. ~eigel’s secretary called Noel at her hotel. “Please be at the studio by two o'clock—and bring a sports cos- tume and an evening gown.” the efficient \oice told her Noel won- dered what they expected of her —skiing. or tennis. or golf. And what kind of atrobatics. Anita had put her wise. She ar- rived at the studio in a long limou- sine—it was fented by the hour And a maid carried her wardrobe. ‘Not Pretty—Beautiful’ FEIGEL was even shorter and fatter than Howe. Noel thought he was a dumb little man But she smiled sweetly a: him. They'd ar- rauged, so Feige! told her, to have her take the’test with one of their best actors. Noel again smiled obligingly. She knew important contract players didn't submit themselves to screen tests with un- known quantities. “Tm sorry—I don’t recall your name.” she said—too sweetly—to the gigole who was to support her in the screen test. He was some fourth-rater, she knew. She was putting on her act for Feigel. He seemed to enjoy it. “Now, Miss Marchand—”" he pronounced it with a “tee,” tooth- ing the words—“Alberto is good.” I see—” was all that Noel re- plied. She didn’t care much. She wanted to get it over with. The set was a discarded one, the di- rector a fourth-rater. Noel was willing to go through with it. “We'll do the last scene from “Susan is Waiting,’ the filler-in at the megaphane suggested. “Td much rather do the first act curtain, if you don’t mind.” For one- Noe] was ig herself. In the end that was what they did. Alberto was a poor excuse for Foster, as he fed her the lines. But Noel, once in the mood—she was thinking of farewells that-had e be spoken—forgot the man Posite her, the cameraman, technician, sound it ; she bered — e was saying goodby to ‘I think you make your women | i she later, after ‘was 5 hing her with more than - ing interest. — by Angela Lorden 15, 1939 R’S LOVE “You're not pretty — you're beautiful!” the producer respond- ed _with emotion in his voice. There would be several days be- fore she would hear from the screen test: In the meantime— there were any number of people she could call. The directors she’d worked with, the players who’d snatched at movie contracts—the writers she’d known in her strug- gling days back East. She didn’t want to see any of them. Most of the time she had her meals in the hotel suite. When Anita calldd she was always busy. All the time Noel waited she had a feeling she wouldn’t like to stay in Hollywood. But it was security —that was important! Saying it to herself, she realized that in the past years she’d snatched at dif- ferent kinds of security — and thrown them away. Perhaps that was what made her decide. One morning she awakened, disturbed, restless. She called Criterion Studios, was con- nected with Feigel’s secretary. “I'm flying back East today,” she announced. /ehernent protests assailed her from the other end of the wire. “But, Miss Marchand,” the girl protested, “we haven't a report yet on your test. You can’t do that!” she shouted. “I'm leaving.” Noel was serious. Without saying goodby to Anita Swanstrom, Noel took the plane back to New York. She landed at ‘Newark: Airport early in the morn- ing, with no one to meet her. As a matter of fact, there was no place, especially, for:her'to go. She drove to the Plaza. registered, was shown to her room, and waited—for noth- Ing. She had some coffee and toast. {he room was warm, so she put on her hat and went down in the street, walking across the plaza to Fifth Avenue The wide street ‘eemed deserted. People walked alorig—yes. but as though weighed down with summer inertia. Noel walked blocks eastward and stopped tn front of Denise’s shop. |She had a sudden desire to talk with Elsie Grant. Weakness And Strength GueRTES afterwards they were sitting tugether in a small tea- room a few doors from the shop. Elsie was so imbued with her own thoughts she forgot to ask Noel about herself. After they’d order- ed, she confided to Noel: “I'm going to be married next month. He's* not making much money—but he’s so brilliant.” “Who is he?” Noel wanted to know, “Tommy Sheldon,” Elsie ex- plained with a glow in her eyes, which Noel envied. “Tommy? How _ wonderful.” Noel was seeing Tommy as some- one-quite different from Elsie, the ‘stoi¢. Tommy with his weaknesses Elsie with her strength. “I think it’s grand,” she told Elsie. After she left her, Noel was , lonely. Elsie had “Tommy; Anita had Douglas. Everybody in the world, except her, belonged to someone. She was so alone now. Because Noel had promised Feigel’s secretary. she called the Criterion offices in New York. Told them where she was staying —and thought how silly, as if any- thing would ever come out of that stupid screen vest. After a dull evening alone in the suite—eating her salad for dinner, wondering what to do with her time, Noe] awoke to a hot summer morning. She wished she were back in Gatona. At least it was coo] there—and peaceful. The morning papers carried no advertisement for “Susan is Wait- ing.” That was strange! On im- pulse, Noel took a cab down to the Dryden Theater. The house had a deserted look, as of hope- fully waiting for a new_tenant, The sign for “Susan is Waiting” was still there, a bleak dusty out- line in the unlighted bulbs. Old Joe would be at the stage door. A strange man lolling»in.the alley looked at her suspiciously as she approached. Are any of the ‘Susan is Wait- ing’ company inside?” Noe! asked politely. “It closed last week,” came the indifferent reply. Suddenly Noel knew she had to see Douglas Swanstrom. He would be able to help her. She would tell him about seeing Anita in Holly- wood—about the screen test she’d taken at Criterion Studios. On the way over Noel met Ger- ald Foster. “Hello, Noel!” Gerald was ob= viously delighted at the meeting. “What about the play?” Noel had _to know quickly. “Just one of those things.” Ger- ald had the actor’s pretense of philosophical acceptance. “One week the business was swell. Sud- denly it just petered out — and there we were back on the pave- ments again. I suppose we should be grateful for having it last as Jong as it did.” las’ secretary greeted Noel cordial- ly, not hi x ber surprise at the unexpected vi Ta | Mr, Swanstrom in?* Noel casually. Douglas spent most of his days and nights in the Office, she knew. “He left for Hollywood on this orning’s plane,” was the dismay- (Copyright, 1938, Angela Lorden) Tomorrow: Word from Allan. In Conference | C. T. writes: “In an office re-| cently I asked one of the filing girls who the old gentlemdn was, who was muttering to himself”.| She replied, “That's the silent! paitner of the firm, he’s in con- “Yes”, said the bankrupt, “I lost my fortune reaching for an ideal”. “How noble! the ideal”, At the Swanstrom offices, Dou Lf And what was. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | Red Barn Players Arrange Prodaction Ky | The Red Barn Players have N made final preparations for their first production of IT'S FATHER | % WHO PAYS which will be given: & {on the stage of the Division! Street School Auditorium on! 8 Thursday and Friday of this, | week, The series of plays which & |have been scheduled for the next & N | ' i several weeks are under the aus- eecce ‘pices of the three Parent Teach- ers Associations of the Key West - ist pian ae meg oncanenmertmnsenninsnepi ating | PUDLC Schools. Reaspyation facili- ties have been made possible at |the Old Island Trading Post. IT’S FATHER WHO PAYS is a play which abounds in merri- ment. There are plenty of laughs and yet there is human interest to win the approval of every- The cast is well suited to jthe vehicle and it is expected that there will be a large turn- out at the initial performances. The cast includes George Per- kins and Dorothy Carroll who | will enact the leading roles as well as Sharla Wallace, Alan Holmes, Almera Carroll, Joseph Daniel, Rotholie Wallace, Wil- liam Warner, Charles Birming- ham, Virginia Lockrow and John Putnamn. ~~ LEGALS COUNTY JUDGE'S COURT D FOR MONROE CO! ey, DA. IN PROBATE. tate of SEPHINE CASH, } Deceased. j NOTICE TO CREDITORS To all creditors and all pe i i claims or demands dstate: one. LIN THE IN ied and required ‘to file any claims and de which you, or either of you, inst the estate of ‘J: eased, late of Mon- jorida, to the »rd, County Judy County, at his office in y Courthouse in Monroe Coun- rida, within eight calendar months from the date of the DIRECT EXFRES. | | publication hereof. All. claim | is not presented within the RST ese | ud in the manner prescribed Leaves Miami West. 7:00 o'clock A. M. shall be barred as provided Its fun for the fans but to the hockey p |as witness the grim faces of these three bat.) |Chicago Black Hawks game in New York. game is mighty serious business he puck in a N. Y. Rangers vs. r; won 6-0, RUTH CASH PUTNAM, As Executrix of the Last Will and Testament Codicils of Josephine pa Cash, Deceased. Miami 2:00 o'clock P. M. FINAL BASKETBALL “2ewrewics GAMES FOR NAVY MESA Flas! 43 (Tarzan) feb1-8-15,1939 Leaves Miami 9 West 4:00 o’clock P. M. LE G A L S PERSONAL re rHe, COUNTY | Rk MONROE FLORIDA. | ROBERT B. AUS D Miami 3:00 o’clock P. M. NOTICE IS HEREP Esmond Albury, | Uhat the undersigned Adn nts e a : ie z - COTA, of the Estate of Rob OUTFIT THIS W EEK Pelee Gen Austin, deceased, will offer | , | West Conchs, yesierday ré- and sell at the front door of | aa H | ! ceived his contract from the | WILL PLAY SEAFOOD GRILL! FIVE TONIGHT, LIONS TO.’ MORROW AND ARMY FRI- ‘Statesville, N. C., baseball club, a Class B’ team thet | Corporation, a dissolved corp i : roa cach of you, are hereby | tion of the State of Flori plays in the North . Carolina nd required. to. present | Sale will be for cash and s Office: 813 Caroline St. any,.claims and dei i the a : eis League, Eemend will or’ éither of vou, n Da DAY |. repori to the, club af, Staies- | realle son a ancisae: fat Pastor vane | Adminiatratrl | Chino Hernandez, - first- ef Mariano, | feb15,1939 Patrol Wing Five basketball baseman of the Roadside. Pi- ere eee ee tn Nye rates, will get a tryout with the County | | jplayers will compete in their last iIsland City League games this in Mon Jounty, Flor- , Within twelve months from the the St. Louis Cardinals this ( year at Bradenton, Fla. It ip week. The patrol expects to is expecied that he may not AY leave Key West within the near make a grade but will do i so in a few vears. 2 uavaeg Bay rere phe Mario Hernandez, third- A) ee schedule was rearranged to give Basermnelict dhe dPieates, is )n hY the Navy men a chance to play poy who should have a try- sight of their ten scheduled con- | out with cone of the Florida & te | State League clubs. Barcelo, Subscribe to The Citizen. iy Mario Pena, Bethel, Kelly and | In the game tonight the Navy) Fliers will their strongest iineup with such stars as Stern- should be given a chance. lieb and Gilmore as forwards, Jackson at center, McKown and FP PSS DSS . Ptium at guards. Walsh will be — a few other local players oe show much promise and SLITS SSOTS, in reserve. 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